#29 New Pokémon Snap
Taking pictures and gathering points. That's it. And it is glorious. I bought the original thinking that I could walk around freely in a sort of safari-zone looking for Pokémon that roomed around. Was disappointed that it instead was played on rails. But I already bought it, might as well play it. What I found was I game I did not except as much as I did. Seeing the Pokémon alive like never before in a game was still awesome and soon I found myself playing and replaying the same levels over and over just to snatch a few extra points.
Adding the newer game here instead of the original since they are very much alike but the later version is a much better game with a lot more content, more pokémon, more courses, more poses, more environments... but less flute tracks. My go to cozy game for the past years.
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